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Hi Dremd,
Yes, of course. The pressure that makes it to the engine from the air pump is controlled however. Because at certain running conditions the pressure could be very very high. So high, that if allowed into the engine the fuel octange would not support a controlled burn, but detonation. So on a turbo there is a device called a waste-gate. It shunts some of the pressurized air either out into the atmosphere, or back to the pump input stream. The energy to pump up that waste air is wasted. The idea would be to use it to help push the vehicle, or reduces its air drag.
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